WEEK 2

[whimsicalism]

The first week at the castle passes without any (recent) murders. Mysteries were found, questions asked, bonds formed, and Halloween celebrated. Now as Sunday 'dawns', you might feel your mind a little lighter as your first memories fade. Will this be just a week celebrating the (questionably) best thing about October or will more sinister things be afoot?

Either way, it looks like the Alices will continue their game.

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

[Hello, and welcome to week 2! Don't forget to submit your memory losses here and your activity here. If you want to ask or annoy the twins you can do so here. As always, don't forget to turn your threads in for 'fabulous prizes.]

Comments

[undershadow]

Okay, that doesn't actually matter right now, you just need to stop her before she gets worse!

[battlestations]

[Tiffany is starting to chew through the cardboard. Maybe she has a point. Still, even if she says to get rid of it, they're kind of in a closed world here.]

What exactly do you want me to do, bury the box in the ground?

[undershadow]

Uh, keep it away from huge chunks of gold? It's a money shark, it eats treasure!

[ This is, in no universe including her own, common knowledge. ]

And the more it eats, the bigger it gets, so — so just use one of the pirate chests or something, I don't know!

[battlestations]

Hey, I was keeping it away!

[The maze is full of obstacles like the dreaded face bank (now shredded pitifully because it smelled like coins even if there weren't any in there.) It totally kept it away from the cell phone, it just also taunted poor Tiffany as she tried to get it and now she's frustrated and trying to escape. She was deep in it though so there's still a few layers to bite through.]

Alright, alright, if we take the phone out now she's probably going to jump for it, but we have some time to get her to a chest. Stand by with the net just in case and we'll dump her in there.

[The net is one he was using to chase the butterfly earlier. Where did he get it? A board game.]

[undershadow]

You were messing with something you don't understand!! [ But okay, it seems like he's actually kind of responding to this and taking it seriously, so she's going to take the net and brandish it. ] Look — I know it looks stupid, but I really don't feel like seeing it from the inside again, so let's just do this.

[ Even having the amulet doesn't actually change anything; she had it last time, too. Of course, last time the hunter stone's target was a thing that actually existed in the world that surrounded Lena, so. ]

Mine's still in the dining hall. You think we can lure her thataway?

[battlestations]

Better that than just setting it loose!

[Hey, taking things seriously is what he does. It's not like it isn't obvious this thing is some kind of monster, but one of their FRIENDS is a monster, for all he knew this could have been someone's pet. He's not above working with rivals against common threats!!

Anyway, he's still holding up the box, so Tiffany doesn't need to be herded.... yet. Her little spindles are starting to dig into the bottom of the box though so he walks toward the dining room at a brisk pace.]

Got it. Just steer clear of the expensive tableware.

[undershadow]

Oh yeah, the last thing we need is for her to have knives attached.

[ She books it, giving chase on her short-ass duck legs, and if this were anything less than the horrible magical artifact that she personally saw eat like eight people she'd probably feel really dorky right now! But it is, and she doesn't. Soon enough she closes in on the chair where her empty treasure chest is still sitting, cracks it open, and grins when she sees a few chocolate coins on the bottom. ]

Hey, Tiffany! I got your money bin right here.

[battlestations]

[Tiffany puts her 'eye' to one of the holes her spindles made. Seeing the glint of treasure after all of this struggle, she goes nuts. The shark-spider starts stabbing the crap out of the box until the bottom gives and she falls into the chest... Which was pretty unsettling for Nigel holding the box over it!]

Close it, close it!!

[undershadow]

[ She doesn't need to be told twice! Or once. Lena slams the lid down and immediately hops on top of the chest, throwing her entire minimal body weight into keeping it closed. Thankfully, Tiffany has had a serious magical downgrade since the last time she showed up, and without accumulating further mass she doesn't have much force herself, nor can she chew through wood.

Money shark contained, nobody eaten, nobody scarred for life! ... nobody scarred for life in a new way. Overall, she'd call it a success. ]

Well, that was horrifying. Do you know if we have rope or duct tape or something around here?

[ She may have said duck tape. Nobody will ever know. ]